The vulnerability of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) subsystem of the Cisco IOS operating system, which allows a hacker to inject code or trigger a system reboot.

Many vulnerabilities in the Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP subsystem of the Cisco IOS operating system are caused by buffer overflows. Exploiting these vulnerabilities allows a malicious actor to inject code into the system or cause it to restart by sending specially created SNMP packets...